Formulas · External Application 外用 · Sokbang (俗方)

Lotus Incense

Buyonghyang

한글 부용향 · Pinyin Fu Rong Xiang

芙蓉香

沉束香, which heads the formula, is not among the registered medicinals and is not the same word as 沈香 agarwood; it is left out of the ingredient list rather than resolved to a near neighbour. 八角 is likewise unregistered. 甘松香 is entered as 甘松 (gamsong), the registered form of the same drug.

Composition 構成

Baekdanhyang Bai Tan Xiang
白檀香 백단향 · Sandalwood

80 g
Chief 君

白檀二兩
Yeongneunghyang Ling Ling Xiang
零陵香 영릉향 · Lingling Fragrant Herb (species undetermined)

40 g
Deputy 臣

零陵香一兩
Gamsong Gan Song
甘松 감송향 · Nardostachys

40 g
Deputy 臣

甘松香一兩, the chapter writing 甘松香 for 甘松
Mohyang Mao Xiang
茅香 모향 · Sweet Grass

40 g
Deputy 臣

茅香一兩
Jeonghyang Ding Xiang
丁香 정향 · Clove

28 g
Assistant 佐

丁香七錢
Sannae Shan Nai
山柰 산내 · Sand Ginger

28 g
Assistant 佐

三乃子七錢
Yongnoe Long Nao
龍腦 용뇌 · Borneol

20 g
Assistant 佐

小腦五錢, a grade of borneol
Baekgeup Bai Ji
白及 백급 · Bletilla

160 g
Envoy 使

白芨四兩, or 5 nyang; the mucilage that binds the stick

Total 436 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

Received this formula from your practitioner? Amounts shown here are classical reference values — granule and prepared products differ. Always follow your prescribed dosage and directions.

Actions 效能

Rolled into sticks, shade-dried and burnt as a room incense

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

None given; the leaf is a compounding method

Biomedical correlates

Not a therapeutic preparation

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

芙蓉香, 沉束香ㆍ白檀各二兩, 零陵香ㆍ甘松香ㆍ茅香各一兩, 丁香ㆍ三乃子ㆍ八角各七錢, 小腦五錢, 白芨四兩<span class='sochu'>或五兩</span>. 右硏爲末, 水和撚作條如筯子大, 陰乾燒之. 此芙蓉小炷法也. 《俗方》

Translation

Lotus Incense. Chimsok incense and white sandalwood, 2 nyang each; loosestrife herb, nardostachys and sweet grass, 1 nyang each; clove, sand ginger and star anise, 7 don each; small borneol, 5 don; bletilla, 4 nyang — or 5 nyang. Grind them to a powder, mix with water and roll into rods the thickness of a chopstick, dry in the shade and burn. This is the small-wick method of the lotus incense. — Sokbang 俗方 (Donguibogam · Japbang)

Clinical commentary 臨床

An incense stick, and the only compounding step that matters is the last drug: bletilla, four or five nyang of it, whose mucilage is what lets a water-mixed aromatic powder be rolled into a rod the thickness of a chopstick and hold together as it dries. Everything before it is scent — sandalwood, loosestrife, nardostachys, sweet grass, clove, sand ginger, star anise, borneol. 芙蓉小炷法, the small-wick method of the lotus incense, names the form rather than any action: a thin self-supporting stick rather than a pill or a cone. The leaf gives no indication and claims no effect, and none should be read into it. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.